Dissertação(mestrado)- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Ambiental, Instituto de Educação, 2008. / Submitted by eloisa silva (eloisa1_silva@yahoo.com.br) on 2012-09-17T17:33:09Z No. of bitstreams: 1 CintiaBarenho.pdf: 10597864 bytes, checksum: 373f61d906a64d1a62cec62d9e4f5869 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Bruna Vieira(bruninha_vieira@ibest.com.br) on 2012-09-18T18:54:35Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 CintiaBarenho.pdf: 10597864 bytes, checksum: 373f61d906a64d1a62cec62d9e4f5869 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-09-18T18:54:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CintiaBarenho.pdf: 10597864 bytes, checksum: 373f61d906a64d1a62cec62d9e4f5869 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / A crise pesqueira no estuário da Lagoa dos Patos tem incitado ações de gerenciamento e desenvolvimento, visando à restauração da qualidade ambiental e a inserção de alternativas de renda às populações locais. Neste contexto se estabeleceu o Programa de Manejo Integrado do Estuário da Lagoa dos Patos (Programa Costa Sul), sendo que um dos seus projetos visava à inserção da aqüicultura, através do cultivo do camarão-rosa (Farfantepenaeus paulensis) em cercados abertos, por famílias de pescadores artesanais e agricultores da Ilha dos Marinheiros (Rio Grande - RS). Dentro deste contexto, esta pesquisa investigou como o processo de inserção de maricultura familiar ocorreu na comunidade e como os saberes (científicos e locais) se relacionaram durante o desenvolvimento deste. Os aspectos teóricos da investigação se basearam principalmente nos conceitos de aqüicultura sustentável, na educação ambiental crítica e transformadora, bem como nos aspectos da etnociência e do conhecimento ecológico tradicional. Técnicas de pesquisa qualitativa, participante e da etnografia foram empregadas e os dados foram coletados por meio de vivências e observações dentro dos setores envolvidos (comunidade de pescadores e agricultores, e universidade), acompanhamento de atividades do Programa Costa Sul e de entrevistas semi-estruturadas aplicadas às famílias de cultivadores e aos técnicos e pesquisadores. Os resultados sugerem que o desenvolvimento da maricultura familiar necessita do estabelecimento de maior interlocução entre os atores envolvidos, monitoramento e acompanhamento técnico mais freqüente, processos de avaliação, gestão participativa, acompanhamento social e o desenvolvimento de processos de educação ambiental. Até então, a implementação da maricultura familiar no estuário não alcançou as expectativas esperadas pela comunidade e pela universidade. Os pesquisadores, muito freqüentemente e superficialmente, atribuem os insucessos nos cultivos às resistências dos pescadores e ao desenvolvimento da atividade de maneira descuidada ou inadequada. Por parte dos cultivadores, há incertezas referentes à produção do camarão e ainda não há um bom conhecimento quanto às técnicas e práticas de cultivo. Existem também inseguranças quanto ao monitoramento e aconselhamento técnico-acadêmico e às habituais variações ambientais. No entanto, mesmo havendo incertezas semelhantes entre as atividades aqüicultura e pesca, o conhecimento ecológico local e tradicional acumulado impulsiona para que os cultivadores dêem prioridade às atividades tradicionais (como a pesca), gerando inseguranças às novas atividades. Os resultados evidenciam ainda que os saberes tradicionais e locais possuem grande potencial para contribuir no processo de produção do conhecimento (unindo-se ou complementando o conhecimento técnico-científico) e na implementação da “arte” de maricultura. Porém, as práticas sociais relacionadas à maricultura familiar ainda carecem de processos efetivos de envolvimento e reconhecimento dos diferentes saberes que os cultivadores possuem, e a existência de relações mais horizontais entre técnicos e cultivadores. Estes, além de serem sujeitos-parceiros do processo, precisam ser encarados como agentes socioambientais capazes de provocar mudanças. As relações de dependência e de pouca iniciativa por parte dos cultivadores expressam como o processo de tomada de decisão e manejo vem sendo conduzido pela universidade. Portanto, complementaridades entre os diferentes saberes, formas de gestão socioambiental efetivamente compartilhadas, auxiliadas por processos de educação ambiental crítica indicam um caminho para que a continuidade dos projetos de maricultura familiar sejam melhor sucedidos. / The fishing crises in the Patos Lagoon Estuary has encouraged managing and developmental actions, in order to reestablish the environmental quality and to introduce a new income source to local population. In this context the Integrated Coastal Management Plan (Costa Sul Program) was established, and one of its projects had the purpose of inserting of aquaculture through the cultivation of shrimp (Farfantepenaeus paulensis) in open pen, by artesian fisherman and farmers from the Marinheiros Island (Rio Grande – RS). In this context, this research investigated how the process of inserting family mariculture occurred in the community and how the knowledge(scientific and local) related during its development. The theoretical aspects of this investigation were based specially on the concepts of sustainable aquaculture, transforming and critical environmental education, as well as in the aspects of ethnoscience and traditional environmental knowledge. Qualitative, participant and ethnographic research techniques were employed and the information collected through experiences and observations within the involved sectors (fishing communities, farmers and university), following activities of the Costa Sul Program and semi-structured interviews applied to the cultivating families and to technicians and researchers. The results suggest that the development of family mariculture needs the establishment of a bigger dialog between the involved parts, more frequent technical monitoring and following, evaluating processes, co participant management, social monitoring and the development of environmental educational processes. So far, the implementation of family mariculture at the estuary didn't reach the expectations of community and university. The researchers, most frequently and superficially, attribute the failure in cultivation to the fisherman's resistance and to the development of the activity as being not careful or inappropriate. For those who cultivate, there are uncertainties relating the shrimp production and still there is not a good knowledge regarding the techniques and cultivating procedures. There are also insecurities regarding the technical academical monitoring and counseling and to usual environmental variations. However, even with similar uncertainties between the activities of aquaculture and fishing, the local and traditional environmental knowledge accumulated drives those who cultivate to give more importance to traditional activities (such as fishing), generating insecurities about new activities. The results show that local and traditional knowledge have great potential to contribute in the knowledge generating process (joining or complementing the technical-scientific knowledge) and in implementing the “art” of mariculture. However, social practices related to family mariculture still require effective processes of involvement and recognition of cultivator's different knowledge, and the establishment of more horizontal relations between technicians and cultivators. These, besides being subjects as well as partners of this project, have to be faced as social-environmental agents, capable of making changes. The relations of dependency and low initiative by the cultivators express how the process of decision making and management has been conducted by the university. Therefore, complementation of these different king of knowledge, effectively shared social- environmental management, assisted by critical environmental education indicate a path so the sequence of family mariculture is more successful.

Several researchers have noted that the knowledge and awareness of children with regard to environmental concepts and issues are at a low level. The major aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge and understanding of primary school children about selected environmental concepts and issues such as conservation, recycling, pollution and environmental protection. This study also aimed at understanding how the children’s conceptions are developed and how the knowledge of these critical concepts shape their environmental awareness and practices outside the classroom. This information will assist those who have responsibilities for Environmental Education within schools and for those who develop support programmes for the protection, restoration and enhancement of the quality of the environment. The study was conducted at three primary schools and four children were selected from each school. This study involved the use of semi-structured interviews to ascertain details of children’s knowledge and conceptions about environmental issues. The study has established that the majority of children that took part in this study understand the environment only from a physical and biophysical perspective. This is characterised by a limited conception of the environment where the environment is thought to be a place, a place with living things and a place with living things and people. The research findings in the study also indicated that the majority of children that took part in investigation utilized by this study recognised basic facts concerning environmental problems; however most of them could not apply their knowledge to comprehend the consequences or suggest potential solutions to the environmental problems. This study will help towards the establishment of a sound basis for Environmental education in schools. / Dissertation (MEd (Environmental Education))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Curriculum Studies / unrestricted

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Denna kandidatuppsats fokuserar på relationen mellan konsumtion, konsumenter och miljöförändringar från ett holistiskt synsätt. Syftet är att undersöka konsumenters attityd och kunskap om konsumtion, välbefinnande, och miljöproblem. För min studie har jag använt mig av kvalitativa semistrukturella intervjuer och litteraturstudier. Resultatet av min studie visar att många av intervjupersonerna inte är bekanta med begreppet hållbar utveckling. Detta till trots hade dem kunskap om klimatförändringar samt miljömässiga och sociala problem relaterade till konsumtion. Välbefinnande beskrivs av intervju personerna, främst som ”att ha tillräckligt”, ex. boende, jobb, mat och speciellt att ha god hälsa. Ingen av de tillfrågade konsumenterna var nöjda med den tillgängliga informationen om konsumtion och olika varor, men de hade alla idéer om hur man bättre kan informera om konsumtion. De av konsumenterna mest upplevda barriärerna var tid för att planera inköp, avsaknad av information eller privat ekonomi. / This study focuses on the relations between consumption, consumers and environmental change seen from a holistic perspective. The purpose of the study is to examine the attitudes and knowledge among consumers, about consumption, well-being, and environmental issues. To study these questions, I did personal qualitative semi-structural interviews and literature studies. My research showed that now many of the interviewed persons were familiar with the concept of sustainable development. However, the subjects showed to have good knowledge on climate change and other environmental and social problems related to consumption. To most of the interviewed persons, well-being meant to have “enough”, explained as housing, work, food, and especially good health. None of the consumers were satisfied with the information about different commodities and they all had different ideas of how information about consumption could be improved. The most experienced barrier to the consumer’s possibility to consume more sustainable, was time or rather lack of time in everyday life to plan the purchases, as well as personal economy.

運用科學知識在當代環境管制政策幾乎已屬常態。然而，科學卻不一定能有效解決環境污染問題。本研究探討雲林六輕石化廠區的揮發性有機物（VOCs）空氣污染問題，發現運作二十多年的六輕，其排放之VOCs數值，至今尚未釐清，但企業仍不斷擴廠，引發當地健康風險問題；同時，國光石化的環評中，PM2.5（細懸浮微粒）引發重大政治爭議，民間提出對抗性科學論述影響決策方向，後續，更促成相關管制法規通過。 在上述管制科學爭議中，本文採用新政治科學社會學所提供的制度、網絡與權力，與環境決策知識建構的途徑觀點，探討雲林石化廠區所排放的揮發性有機物（VOCs）、懸浮微粒（PM2.5）相關之管制科學爭議。運用次級資料分析法、田野調查以及深入訪談法，嘗試分析強調科學循證作為基礎的管制政策，何以仍落入管制失靈的窘境？本文探討兩個個案，其不同調的科學數字如何依循管制制度生產、傳遞及運用？其中，VOCs排放數字如何被各個政治行動者賦予政治性意涵，進而延宕政府管制的能力？甚而導致府際間嚴重衝突？而PM2.5的對抗性科學論述是如何被生產、傳遞乃至公共化？相關之政策網絡如何有效地將PM2.5的管制政策推入政治議程中，成為正式法規的一環？ 本研究發現，在VOCs個案中，基於污染物的特性、石化廠區的龐大營運複雜度、以及企業為管制資訊之主要來源等因素，使VOCs排放具有相當大的科學不確定性。不過，現行制度將這些科學不確定性切割成一場又一場對於企業資訊的審查，對於掌握確切污染狀況極其有限。在PM2.5個案中，在幾個重大政策窗事件出現之前，民間社會已有一定的知識建構基礎。而重大政策窗事件如六輕工安大火、國光石化興建以及2011年總統選舉等，促成不同社會網絡連結，協助、生產出對抗性論述，並結合公眾媒體的廣泛傳播特性，將相關科技風險知識公共化，終使得PM2.5管制法案成為正式規範之一。 / Scientific knowledge has been commonly employed for making environmental regulatory policies. This thesis aims at analyzing the contamination problems resulted from Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) released by the Six Naphtha Cracking Complex; it is discovered that the emission of VOCs remains a mystery after two decades of operation. However, the industrial expansion plan continues and has done a severe environmental and health destruction to the local community. Meanwhile, PM2.5, Fine Particulate Matters also triggered political controversies in the Environmental Impact Assessment process of Kuokuang Petrochemical Plant, the Eighth Naphtha Cracking Project(8th naphtha). The civil society has raised the opposing argument on the PM2.5 matter in terms of health impact, thereby influencing the direction of policy making and passing the regulations. In light of the controversies of regulatory science, this thesis adopts the perspective of New Political sociology of Science (NPSS), which substantiates the approach of institution, network and power, and other aspects of knowledge construction to analyze the emission of VOCs and PM2.5 in the petrochemical field. Moreover, secondary data, field research, and in-depth interviews are utilized to analyze these regulatory predicaments. It is discovered in the cases of VOCs, the scientific uncertainty is composed of the characteristics of VOCs, the complexity of petrochemical plant’s operations and the main regulatory information is generated by industries. Nevertheless, the regulatory institution just divided the scientific uncertainty into the tremendous conferences which peer-reviewed the information from industries. Furthermore, this regulatory institution hinders the true conditions of pollution from being known. In the meantime, in terms of PM2.5, the general public has had a solid knowledge pertaining to the critical national matters, such as several fire disasters of 6th naphtha, the policy of 8th naphtha, and the presidential election in 2011. Moreover, these policy windows promote the connection of social network and assistance, and accordingly generate the opposing discourse. The technology risk-related knowledge has also been conveyed by the mass media, thus ultimately enacting the PM2.5.

The occupation of Moutoa Gardens in 1995 highlighted efforts by Whanganui iwi to draw attention to the non-settlement of long-standing land grievances arising out of land confiscations by the Crown in New Zealand in the 1860s. Maori attitudes to land have not been well understood by successive New Zealand governments since that time, nor by many Pakeha New Zealanders. In an effort to overcome that lack of understanding, this thesis studies a particular genre of Maori composition; namely, waiata tangi or songs of lament, which contain a strong indigenous sense of place component. The waiata used in this study derive from my tribal area of Taranaki, which is linked historically and through whakapapa with Whanganui iwi. These waiata were recorded in manuscript form in the 1890s by my great-grandfather Te Kahui Kararehe, and are a good source from which to draw conclusions about the traditional nature of Maori feelings for place. Two strands run throughout this thesis. The first examines the nature of Maori feelings for place and land, which have endured through primary socialisation to the present day. By focusing upon a form of expression that reveals the attachment of Maori towards their ancestral homelands, it is hoped that the largely monocultural Pakeha majority in New Zealand will be made aware of that attachment. It is also hoped that Pakeha may be suitably informed of the consequences of colonialist intervention in the affairs of the Maori people since 1840, which have resulted in cultural deprivation and material disadvantage at the present day. In the current climate of government moves to address the problems bequeathed them by their predecessors, it is important that the settlement of land claims and waterways under the Treaty of Waitangi should proceed unhindered by misapprehension and misinformation on the part of the public at large. The second strand of my thesis concerns the waiata texts themselves, which I wish to bring to the attention of the descendants of the composers of those waiata, who may or may not know of their existence. Since so much of value has been lost to the Maori world it is important that the culturally precious items that remain should be restored as soon as possible to those to whom they rightfully belong. Key themes examined in this thesis are the nature of Maori "feelings" for place and a "sense" of place; Maori research methodologies and considerations, including Maori cosmology and genealogical lines of descent; ethical concerns and intellectual property rights; ethnographic writings from the nineteenth century which tried to make sense of Maori imagery and habits of thought; the Kahui Papers from which the waiata were drawn; and the content and imagery of the waiata themselves. I also discuss the use of hermeneutics as a methodological device for unlocking the meanings of words and references in the waiata, and present the results both from a western sense of place perspective and a Maori viewpoint based on cultural concepts and understandings.

The occupation of Moutoa Gardens in 1995 highlighted efforts by Whanganui iwi to draw attention to the non-settlement of long-standing land grievances arising out of land confiscations by the Crown in New Zealand in the 1860s. Maori attitudes to land have not been well understood by successive New Zealand governments since that time, nor by many Pakeha New Zealanders. In an effort to overcome that lack of understanding, this thesis studies a particular genre of Maori composition; namely, waiata tangi or songs of lament, which contain a strong indigenous sense of place component. The waiata used in this study derive from my tribal area of Taranaki, which is linked historically and through whakapapa with Whanganui iwi. These waiata were recorded in manuscript form in the 1890s by my great-grandfather Te Kahui Kararehe, and are a good source from which to draw conclusions about the traditional nature of Maori feelings for place. Two strands run throughout this thesis. The first examines the nature of Maori feelings for place and land, which have endured through primary socialisation to the present day. By focusing upon a form of expression that reveals the attachment of Maori towards their ancestral homelands, it is hoped that the largely monocultural Pakeha majority in New Zealand will be made aware of that attachment. It is also hoped that Pakeha may be suitably informed of the consequences of colonialist intervention in the affairs of the Maori people since 1840, which have resulted in cultural deprivation and material disadvantage at the present day. In the current climate of government moves to address the problems bequeathed them by their predecessors, it is important that the settlement of land claims and waterways under the Treaty of Waitangi should proceed unhindered by misapprehension and misinformation on the part of the public at large. The second strand of my thesis concerns the waiata texts themselves, which I wish to bring to the attention of the descendants of the composers of those waiata, who may or may not know of their existence. Since so much of value has been lost to the Maori world it is important that the culturally precious items that remain should be restored as soon as possible to those to whom they rightfully belong. Key themes examined in this thesis are the nature of Maori "feelings" for place and a "sense" of place; Maori research methodologies and considerations, including Maori cosmology and genealogical lines of descent; ethical concerns and intellectual property rights; ethnographic writings from the nineteenth century which tried to make sense of Maori imagery and habits of thought; the Kahui Papers from which the waiata were drawn; and the content and imagery of the waiata themselves. I also discuss the use of hermeneutics as a methodological device for unlocking the meanings of words and references in the waiata, and present the results both from a western sense of place perspective and a Maori viewpoint based on cultural concepts and understandings.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:54:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LeonardoOS_DISSERT.pdf: 1564103 bytes, checksum: 0ccf970b2351a9a2d69b29a837ff7c66 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-06 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / Today's society is in a real collapse of an environmental nature. The populations are lost due to a dream of development without thinking of the consequences that said development can bring to human populations. Thus, it is necessary that strategies be developed for the purpose of protecting the flora and fauna that is at risk from suffering the pressure to achieve this development. Thus important issues involving the need to conserve nature and the creation of protected areas as these strategies are increasingly being developed in research, whether in the biological and / or social. In this sense, the aim of this research through environmental perception social actors for the formation of significant elements for understanding the relationship between man and nature, and from there to provide actions for sensitization. As well as changing attitudes towards environmental issues, to thereby provide analysis based on Environmental Education in order to provide the production of environmental knowledge as a tool that provides value shift. This area of research was to study the Environmental Protection Area Jenipabu - APA Jenipabu, located in northeastern Brazil. Where, from the environmental perception of students from schools within and around this Nature Conservation Unit notes were made regarding the value and meaning given by students, and how this, the feeling of belonging to these groups. This dissertation is composed of two chapters, the first is titled Environmental perception and feeling of belonging in the area of environmental protection in coastal RN - Brazil, where it makes a diagnosis of how these groups understands and realizes the Unity of Nature Conservation. The second, which is titled Construction of environmental knowledge and conservation of invertebrates in the Environmental Protection Area in the northeast coast of Brazil, specifically developed in the school from within the APA Jenipabu, in order to promote a sense of belonging for those students who become multipliers, in order to realize the importance and necessity of having this unit for Nature Conservation. Looking to the degree of importance of environmental education as a tool to raise awareness on conservation of invertebrates and is all the fauna and flora exists, whether in a conservation of nature or not / A sociedade atual encontra-se em um verdadeiro colapso de cunho ambiental. As popula??es v?o se perdendo devido a um sonho de desenvolvimento sem pensar nas consequ?ncias que esse dito desenvolvimento pode trazer para as popula??es humanas. Para tanto, se faz necess?rio que estrat?gias sejam desenvolvidas com o prop?sito de proteger a fauna e a flora que fica em risco com a press?o que sofre para a concretiza??o deste desenvolvimento. Desta forma temas importantes envolvendo a necessidade de se conservar a natureza e a cria??o de Unidades de Conserva??o como destas estrat?gias est?o cada vez mais sendo desenvolvidas em pesquisas, sejam na ?rea biol?gica e/ou social. Nesse sentido, objetivou-se com esta pesquisa atrav?s da percep??o ambiental atores sociais para a forma??o de elementos significativos para o entendimento da rela??o homem-natureza, e a partir da? prover a??es voltadas para a sensibiliza??o. Bem como, a mudan?a de atitudes frente ?s quest?es ambientais, para desta forma, prover reflex?es baseadas na Educa??o Ambiental com o intuito de prover a produ??o do conhecimento ambiental como instrumento que proporciona mudan?a de valores. Esta pesquisa teve como ?rea de estudo a ?rea de Prote??o Ambiental Jenipabu APA Jenipabu, localizada no nordeste do Brasil. Onde, a partir da percep??o ambiental, dos alunos de escolas no interior e no entorno desta Unidade de Conserva??o da Natureza foram feitos apontamentos quanto ao valor e significado dado pelos discentes, e como esta, o sentimento de pertencimento destes grupos. Esta disserta??o esta composta por dois cap?tulos, o primeiro tem como t?tulo Percep??o ambiental e sentimento de pertencimento em ?rea de prote??o ambiental litor?nea no RN Brasil, em que faz um diagn?stico de como estes grupos entende e percebe a Unidade de Conserva??o da Natureza. O segundo, que tem como t?tulo Constru??o do conhecimento ambiental e conserva??o de invertebrados em ?rea de Prote??o Ambiental litor?nea no nordeste do Brasil, desenvolvido especificamente na escola do interior da APA Jenipabu, com o intuito de promover o sentimento de pertencimento desses alunos para que se tornem agentes multiplicadores, como forma de perceber a import?ncia e necessidade de se ter esta Unidade de Conserva??o da Natureza. Vislumbrando o grau de import?ncia da Educa??o Ambiental como instrumento de sensibiliza??o para a conserva??o, seja dos invertebrados e de toda a fauna e flora existente, seja em uma Unidade de Conserva??o da Natureza ou n?o

This master thesis analyzes the influence of psychological barriers of consumers from Germany, Sweden, and Iran for using sustainable transportation modes. Climate change has started to change the way people travel. Yet prior research has shown that consumers from all over the world lack consistency between their behavioral intention and their actual behavior. In the case of traveling, this means that a significant number of consumers intends to use sustainable transportation modes, but fails to use them in the end. The reasons for this so-called intention-behavior gap in consumers' minds have been researched successfully and frequently in the past two decades. The novelty of this present thesis is the international comparison of travelers from three different countries and the explicit focus on voluntary travel. The according research questions are: RQ 1:  To what extent is there a gap between the intention and behavior of leisure travelers          regarding choosing sustainable transportation vehicles? RQ 2:  Which group of consumers (inclined abstainers or disinclined actors[1]) plays the bigger      role in creating this gap? RQ 3:  What are the determinants and barriers of using more sustainable transportation     vehicles in leisure transportation? RQ 4:  How is the sustainable behavior of leisure travelers in Sweden, Germany, and Iran            different? To answer the research questions, an online survey in Swedish (n1 = 130), German (n2 = 128), and Persian (n3 = 127) language was carried out ( ∑ n = 385) in April 2020 with a convenience sampling method and analyzed in May 2020. The results show that there is a slightly positive intention-behavior gap in the Swedish sample and a slightly negative intention-behavior gap in the Iranian sample. In the German sample, no significant intention-behavior gap has been found. Moreover, a higher level of environmental attitude, a higher level of environmental knowledge, a higher level of perceived effectiveness (of the consumers' own actions), and a higher level of social norms increases the intention of leisure travelers in Sweden, Germany, and Iran to use sustainable vehicles for leisure traveling - both for short and for long trips. The impact of perceived value and perceived price of sustainable transportation modes, as well as the impact of consumers' sustainable lifestyle on the on the travel intention are not supported in all three countries. Additionally, distance between origin and destination has been found to moderate the impact of determinants on intention. The moderating role of distance also varies in different countries. [1] See the literature review chapter for an explanation

Purpose: This research’s purpose is to test previous used factors that influence the green purchase intentions of apparel products on a not yet tested target group, young consumers in the Netherlands. The goal that goes with the purpose is to stimulate the sustainable apparel consumption in the Netherlands. Research design: To fulfill the purpose of this study, an online questionnaire has been distributed to young consumers in the Netherlands. A total of 400 valid respondents were collected through the convenience sampling- and snowball sampling method. With the valid respondents the multiple linear regression and hierarchical linear regression were conducted. Findings: The current study has found enough evidence to statistically prove that attitude, subjective norm, perceived environmental concern, a low aesthetic risk, and willingness to pay premium have a positive influence on the purchase intention. The study did not find enough evidence to statistically prove that perceived behavioral control, perceived environmental knowledge, and perceived consumer effectiveness have a positive influence on the purchase intention.